myanmar people. >> reporter: so he does his bit, promoting the sport and making sure it stays trues to it roots. >> go to our website if you want to catch up on all of the news all of the time. aljazeera.com. ♪ the white house gets a big victory over the iran nuclear deal and enough back it to stop a deal altogether. refugees breakthrough police lines on the border with serbia hoping to make it to germany and the u.s. is considering how to ramp up its response and some high-profile visitors are set to see kim davis in jail as they launch a new effort to try and get released. ♪

this is al jazeera america live from new york city, i'm randall pinkston and president obama got good news a short time ago about the iran nuclear deal and senate democrats have gathered enough support to block republicans from voting to reject the agreement and today three undecided senators announced support and we are live in libby in washington and this appears to be a major victory for the white house. >> it is great news for the president's agenda randall, 41 is the magic number and 41 democrats as of this morning have come out supporting the white house deal. now, that means that the democrats have enough senators on their team that they can filibuster republican attempts to take a vote. republicans of course want to vote on a disapproval

resolution. essentially rejecting the white house deal over iran's nuclear weapons and nuclear capability. now, just because democrats have 41 members supporting the white house doesn't guaranty that they will all filibuster and we are checking with offices to make sure the democrats especially the ones who were just announced will indeed go ahead and support a filibuster and some democrats said they would like to see it come to a vote and so while this is terrific news we have to make sure all the ts are crossed and the is are dotted. the ultimate goal of course by the democrats is to prevent a bill from ever getting to the president's desk, forcing a veto by the white house. the president only had four vetoes in the past. the big number everyone was watching was whether or not democrats would have enough to over ride that and that is long gone and way ahead of that and the question is can the senate get past go, randall. >> democrats who announced their support sort of a late in the

process with the vote expected in the next few days, is it full support, is any chance libby do you think for someone to change their mind? >> they were very much watched and so we heard today from gary peters of michigan, richard bloomthal of connecticut and widen is to watch on the intelligence committee and raised questions about this deal and about whether or not iran can essentially be trusted or worked with. here is what senator widen said in a statement today the agreement with an untrustee iran regime falls short of what i envisioned and i decided the alternatives are even more dangerous. so some reluctant support there and some concern, the key number is how many democrats that are lining up with the president. we did see a decenter today, joe mansion of west virginia, that is a state with a large military population. he is not supporting the deal. he is one of just a handful of democrats and says he has

concerns overworking on the nuclear issue while still allowing iran to back terrorist activities and afraid that morning is freed up through sanction relief will go to fund a terrorism in the middle east and one is a wild card of washington state but her vote isn't as nearly as critical as it was a few hours ago randall. >> we must make reference to the fact, libby, that is former vice president dick cheny came up with something to deal with the deal and let's talk about the house and where are things standing with him? >> former vice president dick cheney talking about republicans and long written off republicans as supporting the deal. the key is can a disappear provel resolution pass both the house and senate. things are looking good for the white house on the senate side. the house less so. we do expect to see the house rules committee meet tonight and start that process and they can

start debating and a disapproval resolution as early as tomorrow but randall if they vote to disapperove they can get on board. >> thank you, libby in washington. increasing pressure on the united states to ease the refugee crisis in europe. the obama administration says it's actively considering ways to help including allowing some migrants to m column -- come to the u.s. and says the u.s. has fallen short of the values of a generous and compassionate people, o-mali says by the end of next year the u.s. should take in 65,000 syrian refugees. there are powerful images coming in from the hungarian-serbia border and families going through fields and breaking through police lines, trying to enter hungry and the prime minister promising to make the attempt difficult for them and said he is speeding up work on a

13 foot high fence on that same border and he plans to have it completed before the end of the year. there you see some of the refugees crossing a track, trying to get away from police authorities who are trying to stop them and mohamed has more from vienna. >> reporter: at the gate way they are some of thousands that crossed from greece into macedonia on monday marking a new record in this humanitarian crisis. with no end in sight to the influx the u.n. is sounding the alarm bells once more calling on the eu to guaranty relocation for 200,000 refugees. >> we've proposed that there be european union-led mega reception and registration centers established in greece. we would support that, established also in italy and also in hungry. whereby the people arriving there could go to these centers, be received in decent humane

conditions, they could apply for asylum there. >> reporter: the comments come on the heels of warnings from eu president donald tusk who says it's part of an exodus from war-torn countries adding it could last years. hungry remains one of the flash points of the crisis. on tuesday hundreds of refugees forced their way through police at a camp near the border with serbia heading for the capitol. at budapest's main station thousands more are seeking transit through as they try to make their way to austria and germany. in austria volunteers and medics are welcoming refugees and distributing aid but uncertainty over hungry's stance added a layer of confusion on an already chaotic situation. the refugees who arrived here are gratified by the treatment they received in austria so far and many of them are still very concerned about relatives they

say are still in either serbia or hungry and they are worried they won't be able to get here in the days to come. meanwhile from germany the ultimate destination for so many refugees comes a stark reality check. >> translator: neither greece or italy can accommodate the refugees arriving on their borders, we have discussed the crisis and a change in the asylum policy, sweden and germany agree we need mandatory quo tos for those who get asylum and distributed fairly across the eu. unfortunately we are very far from that goal. >> reporter: with criticism of the eu only mounting and more refugees arriving everyday it seems this near impossible situation is no where close to being over. mohamed with al jazeera, vienna. the city of baltimore has reached a tentative multi million settlement with the family of freddie gray, the african/american man who died in police custody in baltimore

earlier this year. his death sparked widespread protests and some rioting. the city says $6.4 million settlement will be paid over two years and is not an admission of liability. city spending must approve the settlement. kentucky clerk who is still in jail for refusing to issue same sex marriage licenses is expecting some high-profile visitors today, republican presidential candidates mike huckabee and ted cruz will visit davis at the detention center in kentucky and we have more on the legal efforts to get davis out of prison. >> reporter: the kim davis legal team filed a motion in federal court and said the religious believes could be accommodated if the mayor let's her take her name and signature off marriage licenses and she has been in jail since thursday when a judge found her in contempt of court. >> what she is facing is the point of a spear for what many

people will face whether it's in public or private work with regards to the same sex marriage ruling, it's a direct coalition with religious freedom and conscious of unprecedented proportions. >> reporter: he said he won't respond to the request calling this conflict a quote matter between her and the courts. davis is going on her sixth day behind bars. judge david bunning sent the row want county clerk there after she refused to issue licenses to any same sex couples even after the supreme court declined to hear her case. deputies have been issuing those licenses in her absence and attorneys on both sides say having davis in jail is not the outcome they wanted. >> incarceration came as a surprise to everyone. we had no idea that that was even on the agenda. >> we do not want to see ms. davis in prison. that was not our request. we were hopeful that a monday monetary penalty would gain compliance. >> reporter: she has not received due process. >> she is incarcerated and has

no bond. there is no written order and there was no notice that she could be incarcerated. that is an outrageous violation of her due process. >> reporter: her attorneys also say she is at peace with her actions. >> she might be jailed but her conscious remains free and she cannot violate her conscious and will not do so. >> reporter: john henry smith, al jazeera. a minnesota dentist who killed cecil the lion went back to work and met with protesters as he opened the doors this morning and the first time he has been back to work since he killed the protected lion in zimbabwe in july and triggered anger and protests outside palmer's office, palmer insists he acted legally. having the right to die, the united kingdom debates allowing physician-assisted suicide and look at the status of the conversation here in the u.s. and working to try and remake the catholic church, why a group of women are naming themselves as female priests. ♪

the uk parliament is discussing a proposal to help doctors help terminally ill patients die and some allow it and in the u.s. a handful of states do. advocates hope to ease any restrictions and we have a report. >> reporter: pam wall lives in oregon a state with a right to die law and made it her mission to see similar laws passed here

and overseas. >> i want everyone to have a choice and i hope britain passes this law. >> reporter: the topic hits close to home for her, in 2012 her terminally ill husband told her he was ready to die. >> it was my last gift of love to my husband because it was his choice. >> reporter: oregon allow physician-assisted suicide, vermont, washington state and montana are the others, the topic gained national attention last year at brittney maynard moved to oregon to end her life and she was dying of brain cancer but california did not give her the right to commit suicide with a doctor's help and released this video explaining her reasons. >> the worst thing that can happen to me is i wait too long because i'm trying to see each day that i somehow have my atonomy taken away by the disease because of the nature of my cancer. >> reporter: oregon law requires that terminally ill patients be mentally capable of

making the decision and they have to take the drugs themselves without assistance. >> took the medication and he lied down and his last words were thank you. >> reporter: a resent poll shows nearly 7-10 americans support physician-assisted suicide and increase in 20% in the last two years and states are against it and helping die goes against the laws of the medical profession. >> i went into medicine to help people. the message that promote assisted suicide are doctors can do a better job with killing you than they can of taking care of you. >> reporter: doctor and author says the public fight should not be aimed at accelerating death but providing better end of life care. he spoke out against a bill in california earlier this year. >> people are dying badly. meanwhile sd 128 we will have done nothing to improve care for people through the end of life and simply offer the people who are suffering an option to

quickly and cheaply end their lives. this does not feel like social progress from my perspective. >> reporter: that bill was eventually shelved due to lack of support and california state assembly is expected to vote soon on a revised version. al jazeera. we spoke earlier with david levin the executive director of end of life choices, that is a group that advocates for physician-assisted suicide and he says even advances in end of life care should not affect the debate. >> we cannot control all suffering, 90% of those in oregon who take the medicines are receiving hospice care which is the gold standard of end of life care, they are receiving excellent end of life care and still their suffering cannot be controlled so no matter what we do in terms of improvements in palliative care and we are making advances there is simply not enough that we can do for everybody but it's only a small number of people who actually end their lives this way.

in the united states it's less than 1-300 so nobody feels an obligation to do this for any reason in terms of financial or otherwise, people who are taking advantage of this law do so because they have so much suffering, they just can't go on living. >> reporter: he says 25 state legislatures are now considering bills to allow doctors to help terminally ill patients die. pope francis today announced new rules to make it easier for catholics to get their marriages anulled and simplify and stream line what has long been described as a complex and costly process. the vatican says married couples who want to break up should not be quote long oppressed by darkness of doubt. the changes mean a faster annulment process, no automatic appeal and approval is only required by one church tribunal rather than two. church does not recognize divorce.

and if you are looking to catch the pope during one of his tours of the states later this month tickets are now available for one of his events in philadelphia. officials say 10,000 tickets go on sale today for his speech on independence mall september 26 and limited to four tickets a piece from philadelphia, francis heads to new york and washington d.c. another big issue the church faces is the lack of priests. some women want to fill that role but the vatican will not allow it. over the weekend several women were ordained as priests in santa cruz, california and hope to nudge the church into accepting the radical change and lisa bernard reports. >> reporter: ♪ a traditional ceremony for three devote catholics who wish to minister as deacons but the participants are women which means this ceremony is forbidden and not recognized by the very

church they love. >> accept them as deacons for ministry at your alter. >> reporter: a couple years ago mary nolan learned about roman catholic women priests and ordained 200 women worldwide. >> a light bulb went off, this is possible. >> reporter: she is an oncology nurse and spends time on end of life issues with patients like nancy who has acute leukemia. >> the other thing i would be really happy to do is we can have healing rituals. >> reporter: she says as a deacon she will be able to not able to pray with her during her illness but also lead the mass at her funeral. >> and there is something about being empowered by god to be able to offer that. >> reporter: the archdiocese in this region as well as theology schools and catholic churches no

one would go on camera discussing this ceremony with us and they say the catholic church does not recognize women as priests and deacons and felt that discussing this ceremony would give it legitimacy which they hope to avoid. ♪ it's so controversial. it's like why even talk about it. it's so illegal for them. >> reporter: even more unusual and more controversial for traditional roman catholics is this moment, a female bishop giving communion. the hierarchal church would say this is not recognized. >> they would say that jesus chose only men and they would say which is what happened in his time but this is a new time. this is a new beginning. >> reporter: the president of the roman catholic women priest's organization says pope francis has made it clear he will not consider a change to the all male priest hood created

by canon law about a thousand years ago but says her group will persevere, do you consider yourself activists? >> we do consider ourselves activists in this movement to bring full access of all sacrament and bring women into the church completely in all leadership roles. >> reporter: upon being ordained the women are automatically ex communicated from the church and how about knowing that you're now ex communicated? >> i have never felt more loved and more a part of the catholic church than i do right now. >> reporter: lisa bernard, al jazeera, santa cruz, california. >> california's largest fire is now forcing residents from their homes. the raw fire as it's knowned scorched 95,000 acres in the mountains by fresno and asked people living near the burn area to evacuate. high winds, low humidity and

scorching temperatures have intensified the flame and the drought is not helping. remembering a pioneer, a public mark is set for the next hour to honor civil rights leader amelia robinson, we will take a look at what she accomplished.

later today friends and family will hold a memorial march for civil rights legend amelia robinson who died last week at the age of 104. her story was tied to the

nation's struggle for civil rights. america first melt her on an alabama bridge, she was a local organizer of the first 1965 march from selma to montgomery, alabama. >> i remember from the beginning to the end. >> reporter: with an interview with al jazeera she shared memories of the day known as bloody sunday. when alabama state troopers bore down on protesters with tear gas and brute force. >> he hit me in the back of my neck. the back of my shoulder, then the second hit fell on me and i fell to the ground. >> reporter: mrs. robinson knocked unconscious and badly injured by blows of troopers who looked on while fellow marchers carried her away >> somebody came and said to the state trooper there is

somebody dead over there and he said somebody is dead, if anybody's dead we are going to let the buzzards eat them. >> reporter: brought shame to the nation and helped spur the passage of the wroting rights act later that year, at the act signing by president lyndon johnson robinson was a guest of honor. 50 years later the nation's first black president escorted her across the edmon-pettis bridge whose sacrifices continued to move america to equality. civil rights leaders of her generation say the first draft of the voting rights act was written in her home. but she didn't wait for congress and the president to act. in 1964 the year before it was approved mrs. robinson became the first african/american and

the first female to run for congress in alabama. roger goodell is speaking out for the first time since the federal judge threw out the suspension of brady and is open to reconsidering on how the league deals with player conduct violations. >> we believe the standards of the nfl are important to uphold. we believe that you don't delegate that responsibility or those standards. we think that somebody with a deep knowledge of the game and our policies and our rules are important. >> reporter: goodell says he is open to creating a special officer or panel to handle violations. venus and serena williams face off tonight at the u.s. open in a match that has a lot on the line. the sisters will play each other in a quarter final match. it will be the 27th time they go against each other professionally.

serena has won 15 of those matches but this is not just any face off. if serena wins she would be one step closer to becoming the fourth woman to take all four grand slam titles in a single year and the first since stephy graph did in 1988. >> the williams sisters worked so hard through their career and created so much history and i think that venus has to go out there and just say i don't care. i don't care that serena is going for the grand slam, i don't care it's my little sister and venus as you were saying in the intro she worked her way back from injury, she is 35 and she is still playing top-level tennis. she wants to win a major for the first time since 2008. >> reporter: both sisters say playing the other is one of their greatest challenges. thanks for watching, i'm randall pinkston and we are live from london next and to find out what is going on through the day check out al jazeera.com.

the u.n. insists that alls ♪ . >> good to have you with us. you are watching al jazeera live from london. also coming up in the next 30 minutes. yemen's most vulnerable. at least 96,000 children are starving in the conflict torn country. the abandoned mine which is are having a toxic effect on the residential communities. and taking on the loggers to breathe new life into the forests.